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Instant Pot Pork Carnitas in a collage showing how you can serve them in sliders and tacos.
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Instant Pot Pork Carnitas

Quick, simple and delicious Instant Pot Pork Carnitas that you can use in tacos, sliders, taquitos and much more!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Instant Pot cooking and resting1 hour
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Appetizer, dinner, lunch, Main Course, Salad, Snack, Soup
Cuisine: Mexican
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Servings: 8 servings

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 6 lbs pork butt or shoulder I used butcherbox
  • 2 tbs kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup orange juice, no pulp
  • 1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Spanglish Asadero Al Pastor or Mexican seasoning
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
  • 4 oz can green chiles, drained more or less to taste
  • 2 cups chicken broth divided

Instructions

  • Start by removing the pork butt or shoulders skin and cutting the meat into large pieces. If bone in, cut around the bone. Mine was about 5 large chunks.
  • Rub the pork with the kosher salt and let sit for about 20 to 30 minutes at room temperature, uncovered.
  • In a measuring cup, mix the orange juice, garlic, apple cider vinegar and seasoning and mix well. Set aside.
  • Set your Instant Pot on saute and heat up for at least 5 minutes. I like to cover mine while it's heating up.
  • Add onions and green chiles to the instant pot. Stir and cook for about 3 minutes.
  • Add half of the chicken broth. Stir.
  • Add the the pork butt and if you need to stack that is ok.
  • Then add the rest of the chicken broth and the orange juice mixture.
  • Tuck the pork butt to submerge as much as you can.
  • Seal the Instant Pot and set on "High Pressure" for 45 minutes.
  • Once it's done cooking. Let it release naturally for 15 minutes. Make sure the pin is completely down before opening the Instant Pot.
  • Set your oven on a "high" broil.
  • Open the Instant Pot, remove the pork and shred on a flat surface. I used two forks and then my hands to make sure they were as shredded as possible. I also used non-stick foil on a baking sheet to lay my shredded pork.
  • Sprinkle some of the liquid left in the instant pot over the shredded pork. We are doing this to keep it moist after broiling. I did about 4 tablespoons in this recipe.
  • Place in the broiler for about 3 minutes or until it reaches the crispiness and goldenness you prefer.

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